Do adolescent risk behaviors mediate health and school bullying? Testing the stress process and general strain frameworks

Social Science Research

Volumn 65, Issue , 2017, Pages 195-209

  Jochman, Joseph C ^a   Cheadle, Jacob E ^a   Goosby, Bridget J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Fixed effect; Health; Mediation; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008187816     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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